What are the types of dismissal

Making use of the possibility of dismissing workers in Spain has become a common occurrence in recent years, due to the economic crisis, since companies sell less and are in need of reducing costs. Although it is usually a very dramatic situation, not all dismissals are the same and, depending on the type, the economic compensation of each employee will vary. To know them, in .com we explain what are the types of dismissal.

Dismissal from

The dismissals are those dismissals in which the company alleges a series of causes, which must be accredited officially. If the worker does not agree with them, he can file a judicial remedy in order to dismiss the dismissal and collect compensation. There are two types of dismissal:

  • Disciplinary: the company refers a serious breach of the contract in one of its forms. The worker has no right to be compensated or not informed.
  • Objective: when an objective and verifiable event occurs, such as the worker does not adapt to the work environment or does not go to the company in its corresponding schedule. In this case if it proceeds to be compensated.

Unfair dismissal

In case of unfair dismissal, it can not be shown that the worker fails to fulfill the employment contract or does not meet their responsibilities, so his dismissal is promoted by internal interests of the company.

In this situation, the worker does have the right to be compensated and to be notified in advance.

Collective dismissal

Collective dismissals are also popularly known as the Employment Regulation Records (ERE) and may have various causes such as economic or organizational. In this case, we proceed to the dismissal in a single time of a set of workers of the company.

To be able to declare an ERE, it will have to affect 10% of the workers up to 300, and in the case that the company has more than 300 workers, at least 30 of these.

They will be entitled to compensation and notice from the company.